Species Abundance: Natural Regulation of Insular Variation

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Terrell H., Rubinoff, Ira, Barth, Robert H., Bush, Guy L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1963
• Subjects: Host Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3599.1575; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.142.3599.1575

Variation in numbers of land plant species on islands in the Galapagos Archipelago can be predicted on the basis of elevation, area of the adjacent island, distance from the nearest island, and distance from the center of the archipelago, but not on the basis of the area of the host island. Multiple...